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The first "Jenke Experiment" is literally all about cannabis, better known as marijuana. In the course of the controversial discussion about the addictive potential, the healing effect and a possible legalization, Jenke von Wilmsdorff first wants to know how the drug works. "The last time I smoked pot I was 16, 17 years old. At that time I very quickly realized that this was not a drug for me. Nothing has changed about that." On this basis, he moves into an apartment belonging to a coffee shop in Harlem, Netherlands, for five days and consumes what the shop offers. He constantly increases the daily dose, consuming six joints on the last day. The RTL reporter also tries out other forms of administration such as bong, pipe, cake or chocolate, but the effect is as sobering as it was in his youth: "Apart from an intense flash of laughter, I spent the days surrounded by fog as a silent observer. Which was probably due to the enormous amount I consumed every day.
For five days Jenke von Wilmsdorff experiences what it means to sit in a wheelchair. His legs are fixed with special bandages. Among other things, he moves into an apartment that is suitable for the disabled and experiences the problems that the approximately 1.6 million wheelchair users in Germany face every day and how they cope with their everyday lives. At the end of his self-experiment he visits the German Television Prize. Are you prepared for guests in wheelchairs?
Jenke von Wilmsdorff moves into a Berlin hospice for the dying for a week and accompanies people who do not have much time left. In an experiment he wants to be led back to a previous life.
In today's last episode, Jenke von Wilmsdorff tests a 'life with a handicap': For five days at a time, the RTL reporter is first blind and then hard of hearing. An experiment that brings him to the brink of depression. He meets people who are not struggling with their fate, but who lead a fulfilled life despite their handicap. Jenke von Wilmsdorff, for example, blindfolded, goes skiing down an alpine slope with one of them. Later, he meets Alex, who is one and a half years old and deaf since birth. An operation is finally supposed to make him hear. His parents want nothing more than for their son to finally hear their voices. Will that be successful?
